(Un)Making Violence Through Media Literacy and Theological Reflection: Manichaeism, Redemptive Violence, and Hollywood Films

This article models an exercise in media literacy and theological reflection by identifying the Manichean worldview and redemptive violence prevalent in many Hollywood studio films and exploring some of the reasons these stories are told so often. Filmmaker interviews and commentaries reveal ways in...

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Auteur principal: Dalton, Russell W. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
Dans: Religious education
Année: 2015, Volume: 110, Numéro: 4, Pages: 395-408
RelBib Classification:AG Vie religieuse
BF Gnosticisme
NCD Éthique et politique
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé:This article models an exercise in media literacy and theological reflection by identifying the Manichean worldview and redemptive violence prevalent in many Hollywood studio films and exploring some of the reasons these stories are told so often. Filmmaker interviews and commentaries reveal ways in which many filmmakers feel compelled by film's (a) visual, (b) character-driven, (c) time-limited, and (d) affective natures to change the narratives of their source materials into stories of redemptive violence.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contient:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2015.1063963